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About me


I am a visual artist working at the intersection of photography, optical engineering, and media archaeology. My practice investigates the material and perceptual conditions of image-making, drawing on early photographic techniques as well as contemporary digital processes. I design and build my own photographic instruments, light-measurement systems, and film-processing mechanisms, which serve both as research tools and as active components in my artistic work.
My current research focuses on how photographic technologies shape aesthetic and cultural value—particularly in relation to waste, marginal materials, and the transformation of overlooked objects into sites of symbolic and perceptual tension. This includes experimental approaches to stereoscopy, lensless imaging, autostereoscopic depth capture, and large-format optical printing.
I have collaborated with institutions including Preus Museum, Munch’s House, and Den Kulturelle Skolesekken, developing educational programs that combine practical camera-building, the history of photography, and critical reflection on image culture. I have presented my inventions and research in workshops, lectures, and public demonstrations, including Stereoscopy Day, an event founded by Sir Brian May, and I continue to contribute to international discussions on stereoscopic and optical imaging.
I work through Lambe Lab, my studio for analog-digital imaging systems, where I prototype new photographic tools and develop visual works that explore the evolving relationship between light, matter, memory, and illusion.

– Guilherme Curty



Project
TRANSFORMA is an ongoing series in which discarded and overlooked objects are transformed through light, negative manipulation and shifts in perspective.
Ordinary materials move from refuse to visual construction, blurring the line between documentation and illusion.
New series will be added over time. Selected artworks are available for purchase.

Builds
From street box cameras and autostereoscopic 3D systems to custom film-processing machines and digital enlargers, each device is engineered to shape light in a unique way.
This page is an overview of the instruments I have constructed. These machines are not for sale—they are part of the artistic process and the history of each photograph.

Bespoke
I offer antique photographic portrait sessions using my self-built cameras, including a working street box camera capable of producing images on the spot.
Bookings are available for private clients, events and cultural institutions. Every portrait is an encounter with time, chemistry and light—made the way photography once began.

Education
Workshops are available for schools as well as private groups and cultural institutions.
Participants learn about early photography, optical storytelling and hands-on photography using my street box camera and other experimental tools.
It is photography as craft, collective memory and cultural heritage — experienced live.

